Lamp and lantern



(No Model.)

0. P. FELLOWS.

LAMP AND LANTERN Patented Aug. 28, 18%;3

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CHARLES F. FELLOWVS, OF GHELMSFORD, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES XV. BENNETT, OFLOWVELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

LAMP AND LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 283,989, dated August28, 1883. Application filed April 9, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. FELLows, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ohelmsford, in the county of Middlesex and Gommonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLamps and Lanterns, of whi oh the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for lighting and extinguishing theflames of lamps and lanterns without removing the globes, chimneys, orother glasses therefrom.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a lantern towhich my invention is applied Fig. 2, a plan of the perforateddraft-plate, the igniter and extinguisher ap plied thereto; Fig. 3, acentral vertical cross section of the same at right angles to the barrelof the extinguisher; Fig. 4, a vertical crosssection of the same throughthe axis of said barrel; Fig. 5, a plan of the under side of thedraft-plate.

In Fig. 1, A is the lamp of a lantern; B, the tubular frame; 0, thehood; D, the handle; E, the globe, glass, or chimney, held in place bythe vertical annular flange of the perforated draft-plate F and by thewire springs G; H, the lamp-cone, all of the foregoing parts being ofany usual construction without alteration, except the draft-plate, whichdiffers from the usual construction only in the respects hereinbelownamed. The draftplate is slotted to allow the nose I of the igniter I toreach up through to the cone, as hereinafter described. Heretoforeigniters have been attached to the draft-plate by inserting them in aslot just large enough to receive them, and then soldering them to thedraft-plate or otherwise rigidly securing them to such plate. Thedraftplate ordinarily is free to turn around in its own plane, so thatthe nose of the igniter or lighter rigidly attached thereto is liable tobe brought into the edge of the flame of the lamp, and the matches ortapes therein contained will thereby be set 011 fire and rendereduseless. To prevent the draft-plate from turning around and to keep theigniter always away from the edge of the flame, I attach a dog, J, tothe draft-plate at about ninety degrees from the igniter, the dog beingastiff wire or piece of metal. By placing the draft-plate over the tapeupon the roll N.

cone, so that the dog will enter the slot in the cone, the plate will beprevented from turning and the igniter will be held on the flat side ofthe flame and away from the edges of the flame;

but the nose of the igniter must still be held Very near the flame whenthe igniter is in use, and if the igniter is rigidly attached to thedraft-plateits nose must be at all times near enough to light the lamp,and therefore near enough to the flame of the lamp (when the lamp islighted) to be in great danger of having its tape or matches set on fireand destroyed. Accordingly I hinge the igniter to the draftplate at Kand make the slot large enough to allow the igniter to be pushed intoposition. for use. The igniter will of its own weight,when not in use,swing so as to bring its nose away from the flame, the hinge being onthe side next the burner or cone, and the heaviest part of the igniterbeing its lower end.

There are numerous lighters that may be used as above described. I claimnothing on the construction of the lighter or igniter, considered byitself but Ihave shown in the drawings, as an example merely, an ignitersubstantially like that patented to I. M. Rose, May 31, 1881, No.242,273. In this lighter there is a tape, L, provided at intervals withpellets or matches L. A roll of such tape is placed on the wire orspindle M, the end of the tape being carried up over the roll N, thenback to the wire 0, which is slotted to receive the end of the tape.Upon turning the wire 0 the tape is unwound from the spindle M and woundup on said wire, and in so doing the pellets or matches are ignited bybeing scratched I by the point of the wire P, which presses the The wickX is turned up above the top of the cone when the lamp 'is to belighted, the wick-tube Y being in the usual place within the cone, asshown in Fig. 4.

The means I use for extinguishing the flame are the barrel Q, providedwith a discharge pipe, Q, bent up through the draft-plate, as shown, thenose of the pipeQ being placed to direct the air issuing from it throughthe slot of the oonefrom end to end of said slot; a piston, R;apiston-rod, It, terminating in a ring, R, or other shape suitable to begrasped by the fingers, and a coiled-wire spring, S, surrounding thepiston-rod between the piston and the head Q of the barrel. The ends ofthe barrel are closed except for the central opening necessary to admitand guide the pistonrods, and the opening Q to prevent a vacuum beingformed back of the piston. When the piston-rod is drawn out, the springis compressed between the piston and the head of the barrel, and thepiston, being then suddenly let go, is thrown quickly back, and air iscompressed in front of the piston, and rushing out of the discharge-pipeQ extinguishes the flame of the lamp. The barrel and its discharge pipeare preferably soldered to the draft-plate. The nose of thedischarge-pipe is kept in place by the dog J. The wick is turned downlow when the extinguisher is to be used.

Evidently the igniter and extinguisher may be applied to lamps whetherthe same are placed in lanterns or not, and also the igniter and theextinguisher may be secured to any stationary part of the lamp by makingthe hinge and the discharge-tube long enough.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of a lamp, a mechanicaligniter, and a hinge connecting said igniter to said lamp, whereby theigniter may be turned into position to light such lamp, and turned outof the reach of the flame of such lamp, as herein specified.

2. The combination of the draft-plate provided with a slot, the igniter,and the hinge connecting said igniter and said draft-plate,' as

and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of the lamp-cone pro- 5 vided with a slot, thedraft-plate, and the dog secured to said draft-plate and entering saidslot in said lamp-cone, as and for the, purpose specified.

4. The combination of a lamp, and a-barrel 40 provided with adischargepipe adapted to conduct a current of air upon the flame of saidlamp, and a piston, means of drawing back saidpiston, and means ofsuddenly throwing forward said piston, as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination of the lamp, the barrel provided with adischarge-pipe adapted to conduct a current of air upon the flame ofsaid lamp, the piston, the piston-rod, and spring, as and for thepurpose specified.

6. The combination of the lamp-cone provided with a slot, the draftplate, the dog, the

barrel provided with a discharge-pipe, said dog, barrel, anddischarge-pipe being secured to said draft-plate, as and for the purposespecified.

CHARLES F. FELLOWS.

Witnesses: v

ALBERT M. MOORE, EDWARD W. THOMPSON.

